Memphis’ DeAndre Williams Denied Extra Year of Eligibility at Age 27 by NCAA | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

The NCAA denied Memphis forward DeAndre Williams’ request for an extra year of college eligibility for a second time.

Memphis announced Friday that Williams, 27, had been denied 2023-24 eligibility on appeal.

The NCAA initially denied Williams’ waiver request on October 1 before Memphis resubmitted the claim with additional documents, per BVM Sports.

“We are extremely disappointed a waiver for an additional year of eligibility for DeAndre Williams was denied, which came following a request for reconsideration of the initial denial and then an appeal,” Memphis said in a statement.

The school added that it had provided the NCAA with “evidence of academic misadvisement prior to his initial collegiate enrollment.” Williams’ lawyer had previously alleged his client was misadvised to push back his first year of college to 2018, according to the Daily Memphian‘s Parth Upadhyaya.

Williams was seeking a fourth season in Memphis, where he started all 35 games last season as an All-American Athletic Conference player.

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